Frederick GILBERT

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Service Number:	5576
Enlisted:	31 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters - South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Wellington Road Public School, Trinity Gardens South Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, near Harbonnierres, Valle de Somme, France, 9 August 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie Plot III, Row C, Grave 12, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Hazelwood Park (Knightsbridge) War Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

31 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5576, 27th Infantry Battalion
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5576, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5576, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, KIA on the second day of the great Allied Offensive that broke the back of German resistance on the Western Front.

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